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president obama marking that this evening at the white house. jay carney will hold his regular press briefing at 1:00 today. and i'll be there representing all of you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody! it is thursday, december 13. this is the "full court press." welcome to the program here on current tv coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c. our nation's capital. with everything else going on here today president obama at the request of governors christie and cuomo president obama has asked congress for an extra $60 billion to help those two states, new york and new jersey, recover from the impact of hurricane sandy. but republicans in congress are balking. they're not buying it. they say there's no evidence there was that much damage from hurricane sandy. oh yeah? maybe they ought to talk to governor christie about that. we'll get into that and a whole lot more here. first we take time out to get the late
president obama marking that this evening at the white house. jay carney will hold his regular press briefing at 1:00 today. and i'll be there representing all of you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody! it is thursday, december 13. this is the "full court press." welcome to the program here on current tv coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill...
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president obama is begin talking his fiscal cliff plans today. he will be on a conference call from the white house with a bi-partisan group of mayors and community leaders. the group will focus on how to prevent taxes from going up from middle class americans along with finding ways to grow the economy and reduce the deficit. turning to syria this morning, president obama is now stepping up pressure on bashar asaad with his official recognition of syria's opposition group. here with an interview with barbara walters. >> we have made a decision that the syrian opposition coalition is inclusive enough is reflective and representative enough of the syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the syrian people in opposition to the outside regime. >> again, that's come from an exclusive interview yesterday with abc's barn with a walters. u.s. security officials are monitoring syria in case asad will use chemical weapons against his own people. other world leaders are expected to recognize the opposition. they say they wil
president obama is begin talking his fiscal cliff plans today. he will be on a conference call from the white house with a bi-partisan group of mayors and community leaders. the group will focus on how to prevent taxes from going up from middle class americans along with finding ways to grow the economy and reduce the deficit. turning to syria this morning, president obama is now stepping up pressure on bashar asaad with his official recognition of syria's opposition group. here with an...
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obama and say mrs. obama, and what ended up happening was entirely different. walked up, merry christmas, karl. i am like -- and i said to you as well, mr. president, mrs. obama. i supposed for the photo. he couldn't help thinking we got one shot. just one. my hand was just a little too low on michelle obama's back. i put my arms around them. because i thought it would be too awkward with my arms by my side. as the picture gets taken, it was where was your hand? i had to wait eight weeks to find out it was just this side of being appropriate. >> oh, man. >> i wish you hadn't told that story. >> now, he is going to try to up you. wait until you see his picture. >> now i am nervous. no, i am going to be ready. i am going to have -- i will have a card. i will read from the teleprompter. he will understand that. right? >> this is "the bill press show." >> this is "the bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> thirty-three minutes after the hour now the full court press on this wednesday, december 5th, coming to you life from our nation's capitol broug
obama and say mrs. obama, and what ended up happening was entirely different. walked up, merry christmas, karl. i am like -- and i said to you as well, mr. president, mrs. obama. i supposed for the photo. he couldn't help thinking we got one shot. just one. my hand was just a little too low on michelle obama's back. i put my arms around them. because i thought it would be too awkward with my arms by my side. as the picture gets taken, it was where was your hand? i had to wait eight weeks to...
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and obama wins that contest hands down. it turns out that the romney campaign was spending money like a drunken sailor if we can still use that phrase any more and wasting it on stuff they should not have been wasting it on and paying an inordinate salary to their staffers which does get you back to the question of -- first of all, let me give you some of the numbers here here. one big difference between the campains. the romney campaign spent a lot of its money on direct mail and telemarketing. the obama campaign spent its money on grassroots on getting people out to vote on lining people up. they did it for four years. it was a ground operation. it's really credited with giving president obama such a big win. romney spent $48 million for direct mail and $36 million ol tell marketing and robocalls which just doesn't work anymore. >> how did that work out for you? >> bill: who takes though robocalls anyway? everybody, i think, with any sense just hangs up or they look at their caller id and don't accept it. spooeshtsz it se
and obama wins that contest hands down. it turns out that the romney campaign was spending money like a drunken sailor if we can still use that phrase any more and wasting it on stuff they should not have been wasting it on and paying an inordinate salary to their staffers which does get you back to the question of -- first of all, let me give you some of the numbers here here. one big difference between the campains. the romney campaign spent a lot of its money on direct mail and...
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now it is happening under obama. we of have no choice but to be on the side of history here. >> try to influence it as best we can. >> bill: joe cirincione, evan, join in. we haven't talked about egypt yet. 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show" live on your radio and on current tv. who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. (vo) when the clock runs out when the last card is played what will be remembered? explore the lives of the famous and infamous who changed our world forever. experience the drama, back to back to back. of all the hours in all their days, the ones you'll never forget are the final 24. the final 24 mini-marathon this sunday on current tv. save the best for last. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: we've got it covered here on the "full court press." congresswoman do
now it is happening under obama. we of have no choice but to be on the side of history here. >> try to influence it as best we can. >> bill: joe cirincione, evan, join in. we haven't talked about egypt yet. 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show" live on your radio and on current tv. who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to...
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the "the obama hate machine" having failed to dislodge obama now failing again to destroy labor unions. they were the biggest -- big big, big contributors in the campaign against the measure to put -- to enshrine collective bargaining in the michigan constitution. that initiative on the ballot november 6th which failed sadly in michigan. the koch brothers helped kill it. and now the koch brothers are of course, fueling this so-called right-to-work legislation and it's american legislative exchange council alec, that wrote the legislation that the michigan legislature adopted. peter, how do we weigh in on this? >> go to bpshow on twitter. we have all of the information there. right now, we're tweeting the governor rick schneider who his twitter handle is onetoughnerd. find him there under michigan.gov/governor. >> bill: let's break that one tough nerd. if you go to our web site, you'll get his telephone number and e-mail address. don't sign this legislation! one final point, "new york times" reporting this morning the average wage in right to work states for average worker, $57,732. in
the "the obama hate machine" having failed to dislodge obama now failing again to destroy labor unions. they were the biggest -- big big, big contributors in the campaign against the measure to put -- to enshrine collective bargaining in the michigan constitution. that initiative on the ballot november 6th which failed sadly in michigan. the koch brothers helped kill it. and now the koch brothers are of course, fueling this so-called right-to-work legislation and it's american...